Thousands demonstrate in Chicago to oppose Israeli slaughter in Gaza

Thousands of workers and young people marched in downtown Chicago on Friday evening to oppose the brutal US-backed Israeli onslaught against the population of Gaza. Over the weekend, hundreds of thousands protested the actions of the Israel government across the globe from London to Paris to Australia.

Anwari, a young Palestinian American, came to the rally with his friends in Chicago to support his friends and family who are struggling against the Israeli occupation of Palestine. “It’s not the Jewish people that are the problem,” he said. “It’s not about religion. It’s the government. There are also Jewish people in Palestine who are going through this, living side by side with Palestinians.

“They didn’t just split the land 50-50. The Israeli government took the land, then gave Palestinians land with no transportation, and now they’re waging wars to get more and more. I’ve been to Palestine and I’ve seen firsthand the way the conditions are, by design. The military comes into the towns and flash bangs them.

He said that he agreed that workers and young people should unite worldwide to expose and oppose the war crimes being carried out by Israel with the aid of the imperialist powers.